High-Frequency Losses Calculating Model for Magnetostrictive Materials Considering Variable DC Bias

Abstract

According to the actual operation conditions, a kind of high frequency losses testing system of magnetostrictive materials under DC bias is built. The dynamic hysteresis loops for Terfenol-D samples at different AC driving frequencies and magnetic densities are studied experimentally under variable DC bias excitation. The magnetic energy losses are obtained from these dynamic hysteresis loops. The three-variable magnetic energy loss matrix is established by these measured data. On the basis of Bertotti loss separation theory, the high frequency losses calculating model of magnetostrictive materials considering variable DC bias excitation is proposed by using the algorithm of Levebverg-Marquard and the method of matrix transformation. In this model, according to the multivariate parametric regression, the loss coefficients are modified by introducing DC bias-related terms. The loss comparison at different operating conditions shows that the computed results in this proposed model are in good agreement with the experimental ones.